Paint bucket holder



June 22; 1954 I JENNY 2,681,785

PAINT BUCKET HOLDER Filed June 11, 1951 /4 Fig] F ri/z R. Jenny INVENTOR.

BY 2km WW mm Patented June 22, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT or m: a

2,681,785 iPAINTBIICKE'i hoists Fritz Ra Jenny, flushing, Okla. Application June 11, 1951, Serial No. 230,934

able to conveniently classify have been evolved and producediorlsusuend ng; paint buckets and th like from rungs, rails, and other parts of ladders. Manyoithese are referred toasl ladder attachments and others as bucket hooks, suspending devices and so on. It will be clear, therefore, a

to persons skilled in the art, that the instant invention has to do with a ladder attachment which takes the form of a container holder and which is an improvement in the art in that it is characterized by structually distinct improvements.

One improvement has to do with a two-part frame structure which is made up of a substantially U-shaped member in which the bucket is saddled and a complemental bucket embracing ring which not only assists in harnessin the bucket in the saddle but provides a satisfactory way and means whereby the bucket may be tilted at an angle to render the paint more readily accessible and to save time and patience with respect to handling the brush in relation to the bucket and paint therein.

Another improvement has to do with a carrying or handling bail which is pivoted to said U- shaped member and which is provided with a centrally arranged pivotally connected bucket tilting link, the latter having a hook which is separably connectable with a keeper lug provided on the relatively fixed bucket embracing band or ring.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carrier and holder unit for a paint bucket constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the same on a smaller scale showin the manner in which the bucket is fitted and snugly supported in a perpendicular or upright position in said holder; and,

Figure 3 is a view (sam scal as that used in Figure 2) showing the holder attached to a rung of a ladder and also showing the manner in which the tilting link is brought into play.

Referi'ing' now to the drawings by numerals and lead lines and particularly with respect to Figure 1 the frame construction is like an open-work harness and is characterized by afiat strap-metal U-shabed member which may be conveniently referred to as a saddle i. This has a straight bight portion 6 anda pair of right angularlydisposed spaced parallel limbs or arms 8 and I0 having apertures at their upper ends to accommo date connecting and fulcruming hooks 12-42 on the ends of a wire or equivalent carryin and sup orting bail H. The frame and includes a circular band or ring it (which is also a fiat metal strap) and which is precisely shaped to snugly surround the intermediate portion of the wall of the paint bucket or pail A. The ring IE is fixedly attached to the intermediate portions of the limbs 8 and ID by way of rivets l8 and 20 respectively. It is to be noticed that the rivet connections are intermediate the upper and lower ends of the arms 8 and 10. There is a lug 22 on one side of the ring and this is fixedly riveted in place as at 24 and projects above the upper edge of the ring where it is provided with a hole 26 providing a keeper seat for a keeper hook 28 on the free end of the latching and tilting link 30. The latter has an eye 32 at its upper end which is interconnected hingedly with a coactin eye 34 on the intermediate portion of the bail it. Actually the eye 34 is formed by bending the wire of the bail in the manner shown, that is, twisting it into an eye intermediate the ends of the bail.

The painter ladder, which is conventional, is denoted by the letter B in Figure 3 and, this includes stiles C and rungs or steps D. Then too, there is a conventional so-called S-hook E having one hook F attached to the rung and the other hook G serving as a seat for the bail M.

It will be understood that the bucket may be inserted and carried about in the manner shown in Figure 2 wherein the bucket is upright or substantially perpendicular to the bight portions 6 of the U-shaped stirrup 4. Or, the bucket may be tilted to the angle or degree shown in Figur 3 whenever necessary or desired. Naturally it would. not be tilted if it were full of paint and what is more the paint would ordinarily be fairly well accessible to the painter. When the level of the paint goes down and is hard to reach, then the bucket is obviously tilted so that the bristles of the brush may be inserted through the mouth of the bucket without hindrance. It is clear that in order to tilt the bucket the keeper hook 28 is engaged in the keeper hole 26. This obviously exerts a liftin force on the over-all harness and bucket by way of the embracing band or ring IB and the bucket is tilted and latched securely in the tilted position. The points of fulcrum are the hooks l2 and the arms 8 and 9 which are joined to said hooks I2.

It will be clear that the invention herein shown,

described and claimed is simple, economical and practical in construction. It is unique in that the bucket embracing ring or band I6 is pivotally suspended between the intermediate portions of the parallel arms 8 and id of the stirrup 4. The construction disclosed is amply suited to achieve desired results. A careful consideration of the foregoing description in conjunction with the invention as illustrated in the drawings will enable the reader to obtain a clear understanding and impression of the alleged features of merit and novelty sufiicient to clarify the construction of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Minor changes in shape, size, materials or rearrangement of parts may be resorted to in actual practice provided that no departure is made from the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

For use in holding, carrying, and tiltably supporting a paint bucket, a holder for said bucket 7 comprising a U-shaped member including a bight portion and a pair of spaced parallel limbs extending laterally from end portions of said bight portion, a ring adapted to embrace the inter- 4 mediate portion of the bucket, said ring having diametrically opposite portions situated between and fixedly connected to said limbs midway between the upper and lower end portions of the limbs, said ring being thus disposed in spaced parallelism in respect to said bight portion and located in a plane between the latter and the upper ends of said limbs, a substantially U- shaped carrying bail having end portions hingedly attached to cooperating upper. end portions of said limbs, a holder tilting stay link having one end hingedly connected to the inter- Ymediate portion of said bail, a lug superimposed upon the exterior peripheral surface of said ring and projecting laterally beyond the ring with the projecting end portion provided with a keeper hole, the free end of said link having a keeper hook and said keeper hook being releasably engageable with said keeper hole, said link being relatively short and of a length approximating one-half the length of said ball so that when the keeper hook is engaged with said keeper hole, said holder is caused to assume an angularly tilted position.

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